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==Midterm Preparation Resources==
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/EEB2245_MidtermExamStudyGuide_S2016.pdf Study Guide] for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT<br>
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/FitnessLandscape.pdf Fitness landscapes explained]<br>
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/PracticeProblems.pdf Practice problems] (mostly from the study questions)<br>
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==Lecture Schedule==
 
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This schedule is subject to change.  Check regularly for updates!
 
This schedule is subject to change.  Check regularly for updates!
 
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|Jan 19|| Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology || Ch 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_1_-_Jan_20th_2015 Study Questions]
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|Jan 19|| Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology || Ch 1 || A1  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions Study Questions]
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity1.pdf}} Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change<br>
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[http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=88 Bird-of-paradise courtship]<br>
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[http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=88 Bird-of-paradise courtship]
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[http://tolweb.org/accessory/Movies_of_Jumping_Spider_Courtship?acc_id=64 Jumping spider courtship]<br>
 
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|Jan 21|| Natural Selection on Phenotypes || Ch 2, 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_2_-_Jan_22nd_2015 Study Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity2.pdf}} Activity 2, testing for HWE
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|Jan 21|| Natural Selection on Phenotypes || Ch 2, 8 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_2_-_Jan_21st_2016 Study Questions]<br>[http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/videos Evolving robots]<br>
 
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|Jan 26|| Natural Selection II || Ch 8 ||  
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|Jan 26|| Natural Selection II || Ch 8 ||A2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_3_-_Jan_26th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/science/new-tactics-to-save-californias-decimated-salmon-population.html Salmon conservation in the news]<br>
 
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|Jan 28|| Quantitative Genetics || Ch 7 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_3_-_Jan_29th_2015 Study Questions] <br>
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|Jan 28|| Natural Selection, cont.: HIV || ||  Q1  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_4_-_Jan_28th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
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[http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/prions/ More about kuru and prions]<br>
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[http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hiv-life-cycle HIV life cycle video]<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/HardyWeinbergDerivation.pdf}} The math behind the HWE<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Drift.pdf}}'''Activity 4-due Mon. Feb. 2 by 11pm'''
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|Feb 2|| Sexual Selection || Ch 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_4_-_Feb_3rd_2015 Study Questions] <br>
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|Feb 2|| Quantitative Genetics & Sexual Selection || Ch 7, Ch 11 ||A3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_2nd_2016 Study Questions] <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/Evolution_Problemset1_S2014_rev2.pdf}}'''Problem Set 1'''<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/jacksons-widowbird/euplectes-jacksoni/video-00.html Widowbird courtship]
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Results.pdf}} Activity 4 results<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity5_IslandIsolation.pdf}}'''Activity 5-due Thurs. Feb. 5 at 9:15 am'''<br>
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|Feb 4|| Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium || Ch 6.1-6.3 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_5th_2015 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 4|| Sexual Selection & Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium intro. || Ch. 11, Ch 6.1-6.3 ||   ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_6_-_Feb_4th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Feb 9|| Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium  || Ch 6.1-6.3 ||A4  ||  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_7_-_Feb_9th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-wU9Sg5MrvhTUZKbEs1Ml8xZXM/view?usp=sharing Hardy-Weinberg derivation for mating between individuals]
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[http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/prions/ More about kuru and prions]<br>
 
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|Feb 11|| Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lectures_6_.26_7_-_Feb_10th_and_12th_2015 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 11|| Selection on genotypes || Ch 6.6 ||  Q2  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_8_-_Feb_11th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 16|| Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating || Ch 6.7-6.8 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_8_-_Feb_17th_2015 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 16|| Selection on genotypes & Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||A5 online: due before class  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_9_-_Feb_16th_2016 Study Questions]  
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 8-due Tues. Feb. 17 at 9:15 am'''<br>
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|Feb 18|| Applications of population genetics I: conservation || TBA ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_9_-_Feb_19th_2015 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 18|| Genetic drift, continued || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||   ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_10_-_Feb_18th_2016 Study Questions]<br>[http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824 More about the evolution of sex]
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 9-Mean fitness table at end of Activity 8 due in class today'''
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|Feb 23|| Applications II: variation within and between populations || TBA ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_10_-_Feb_24th_2015 Study Questions]
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|Feb 23|| Migration, applications of population genetics || Ch 6.7-6.8 <br> note: 6.8 is only in the 2nd edition|| A6  ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/EEB2245_MidtermExamStudyGuide_S2016.pdf Study Guide] for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT</font></span> <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity10_RecessiveDominantSelection.pdf}}'''Activity 10-Selection on dominant vs. recessive alleles ''': online portion due before class; bring your graphs to class
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_11_-_Feb_23rd_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Feb 25|| Speciation I || Ch 13 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_11_-_Feb_26th_2015 Study Questions]
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|Feb 25|| Nonrandom mating & Speciation I || Ch 13 || Q3  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_12_-_Feb_25th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 1|| Speciation II || Ch 13 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_12_-_Mar_03rd_2015 Study Questions]
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|Mar 1|| Speciation II || Ch 13 || A7  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_13_-_Mar_1st_2016 Study Questions]
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|Mar 10 || Mechanisms of Speciation: Reproductive Isolation. (taught by Dr. Jockusch) || Ch 17 & 18 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_13_-_Mar_10th_2015 Study Questions]
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|Mar 8 || Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications || Ch 4 || A8    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_14_-_Mar_8th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 12 || Species Concepts; Hybridization (taught by Dr. Wade)|| Ch 17 & 18 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_14_-_Mar_12th_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S15_Dr.Wade_12Mar15.pdf}} '''Lecture 14'''
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|Mar 10 || The tree of life and inferring phylogenies|| Ch 4, 9.3 ||  Q4  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_15_-_Mar_10th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 24|| Speciation Mechanisms. Spatial, temporal, chromosomal with and without hybridization|| Ch 17, 18 & 531-533pp (ch 19) || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_15_-_Mar_24th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/EEB%202245%20Speciation%20Mechanisms%20Spring%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 15'''
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|Mar 22|| Molecular evolution I || Ch 5.1, 9 || A9  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_16_-_Mar_22nd_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 26|| Systematics, the study of biodiversity and its origins.<br> Problems in constructing relationships: polymorphisms and homoplasy.<br> Tree thinking.|| Ch 2 & 3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_16_-_Mar_26th_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2016.%20Part%20I.%20EEB%202245%20Speciation%20Mechanisms%20Spring%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 16 part I'''<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2016.%20Part%202.%20%20Systematics-Tree%20thinking%20EEB%202245%20S%202015.pdf}} '''Lecture 16 part II'''
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|Mar 24|| Molecular evolution II|| Ch 9 ||  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_17_-_Mar_24th_2016 Study Questions]  
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|Mar 26||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 14, 15 & 16||
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|Mar 30||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 14, 15 & 16||
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|Mar 31|| Homoplasy (continued): convergence, parallelisms, and reversals in evolution. ||Ch 2 & 3||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_17_-_Mar_31st_2015 Discussion Questions]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect17EEB2245_small.pdf}} '''Lecture 17''' <br>
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|Mar 29|| Genome evolution ||Ch 9|| A10    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_18_-_Mar_29th_2016 Study Questions]  
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|Apr 2|| Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data. ||Ch 2 & 3|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_18_-_Apr_02nd_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2018.%20F15%20EEB2245%20Tree%20building%20to%20post%20corrected%202%20Apr%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 18 corrected'''
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|Apr 2||'''Discussion Session''' 7-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 17 & 18 + Exam review||
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|Apr 7|| Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data.<br> How molecules evolve. Is there a molecular clock?  ||Ch 2 & 3||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_19_-_Apr_07th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2019.%20F15%20EEB2245%20Tree%20building%20part%202.%20Clock%20part%201%20revised%207Apr15%20.pdf}} '''Lecture 19 revised'''
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|Apr 14|| An overview of life|| This is mostly review from intro-biology || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_21_-_Apr_14th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect21.pdf}} '''Lecture 21'''
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|Apr 16|| Introduction and overview of the fossil record.  The origin of life.<br> The RNA world.  Prokaryote world.  The origin of animals; the Ediacaran Fauna. Mass extinctions. || Ch 4 & 5, pp 168-171, Box 7A ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_22_-_Apr_16th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect22.pdf}} '''Lecture 22'''
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|Apr 16||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 21 & 22||
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|Apr 20||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 130|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 21 & 22||
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|Mar 31 || The origin of life ||Web sources||     Q5 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_19_-_Mar_31st_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 21|| '''The Paleozoic:''' Cambrian explosion (or was it?). The origin of vertebrates and the invasion of land. Ordovician (the age of jawless vertebrates), Silurian (first life on land), Devonian (the age of fishes). Carboniferous (Dragonflies w/ 2 ft. wing span, clubmoss forests); Permian. The origin of mammals. The Permo-Triassic boundary mass extinction. || Ch 4 & 5, 168-171, box 7A ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_23_-_Apr_21st_2015  Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect23.pdf}} '''Lecture 23 Paleozoic''' <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect23_mesozoic.pdf}} '''Lecture 23 Mesozoic''' <br> [http://www.pbs.org/your-inner-fish/home/ Your Inner Fish] '''PBS 3-episode show on the evolution of tetrapods.''' Very cool animations! First episode is all about Tiktaalik.
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|Apr 5||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I || Ch 13, 14||A11    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_20_-_Apr_5th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 23|| '''The Mesozoic:''' The age of reptiles. Pangea breaks up followed by Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The evolution of birds from dinosaurs, insects and angiosperms radiate. The K-T Boundary. The extinction of the dinosaurs. Birds and mammals cross the boundary. || Ch 4, 5 & 6 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_24_-_Apr_23rd_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect24.pdf}} '''Lecture 24 Mesozoic continued'''<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect24_25_cenozoic}} '''Lecture 24 and 25 Cenozoic'''<br>
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|Apr 7||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II|| Ch 13, 14 ||    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_21_-_Apr_7th_2016 Study Questions]
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|Apr 23||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 131|| Lectures 23 & 24||
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|Apr 12|| Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I ||Ch 10.5-10.11 ||A12    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_22_-_Apr_12th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 27||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 130|| Lectures 23 & 24||
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|Apr 14||Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II || Ch 10.5-10.11 ||   Q6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_23_-_Apr_14th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 28|| '''The Cenozoic:''' Greenhouse to Icehouse. Continental drift, land bridges, mountain building. Modern biogeographic distributions take shape. The great American interchange. Primate evolution. || Ch 4, 5 & 6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_25_-_Apr_28th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect25_cenozoic_part2.pdf}} '''Lecture 25 Cenozoic part 2''' <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect26_human_evolution.pdf}} '''Lecture 26a Primate & Human Evolution'''
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|Apr 19||Species interactions and coevolution|| Ch 15|| A13    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_24_-_Apr_19th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 30|| Human evolution; Mitochondrial Eve and her relatives. Africa, our most diverse continent. Humans invade Asia and the Pacific and later North America. Biogeography and Biodiversity. || Ch 4, 5 & 6|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_26_-_Apr_30th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect26b_human_evol_cont.pdf}} '''Lecture 26b Human Evolution continued'''<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2026c_Biogeography_Biodiversity.pdf}} '''Lecture 26c Biogeography and Biodiversity'''
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|Apr 21|| Evolution of social behavior|| Ch 16.6-16.10 ||    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_25_-_Apr_21st_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 30||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 130|| Lectures 25 & 26 + Final review ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Recommended_videos_evolution.pdf}} Short videos about evolution. This can help you study for the exam.
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|Apr 26|| Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology || Ch 18 ||A14  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_26_-_Apr_26th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|May 4 || Office hours '''BPB 130 2-4 pm''' || TA available for questions ||'''Come ask any questions you may have on the material before the final. This is NOT a review session. Come prepared with questions'''||
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|Apr 28|| Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer || Ch 18||   Q7  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_27_-_Apr_28th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:03, 23 January 2018

Midterm Preparation Resources

Study Guide for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT
Fitness landscapes explained
Practice problems (mostly from the study questions)

Lecture Schedule

Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class
This schedule is subject to change. Check regularly for updates!


Date Topic Readings Activity or Quiz? Supplemental Materials
Part I: Jan 19 - Mar 3, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Jan 19 Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology Ch 1 A1 Study Questions

Bird-of-paradise courtship
Jumping spider courtship

Jan 21 Natural Selection on Phenotypes Ch 2, 8 Study Questions
Evolving robots
Jan 26 Natural Selection II Ch 8 A2 Study Questions

Salmon conservation in the news

Jan 28 Natural Selection, cont.: HIV Q1 Study Questions

HIV life cycle video

Feb 2 Quantitative Genetics & Sexual Selection Ch 7, Ch 11 A3 Study Questions

Widowbird courtship

Feb 4 Sexual Selection & Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium intro. Ch. 11, Ch 6.1-6.3

Study Questions

Feb 9 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Ch 6.1-6.3 A4 Study Questions

Hardy-Weinberg derivation for mating between individuals More about kuru and prions

Feb 11 Selection on genotypes Ch 6.6 Q2 Study Questions
Feb 16 Selection on genotypes & Genetic Drift Ch 6.4-6.5 A5 online: due before class Study Questions
Feb 18 Genetic drift, continued Ch 6.4-6.5 Study Questions
More about the evolution of sex
Feb 23 Migration, applications of population genetics Ch 6.7-6.8
note: 6.8 is only in the 2nd edition		 A6 Study Guide for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT

Study Questions

Feb 25 Nonrandom mating & Speciation I Ch 13 Q3 Study Questions
Mar 1 Speciation II Ch 13 A7 Study Questions
Mar 3 MIDTERM EXAM (100 pts)
Part II: Mar 8 - May 7, Dr. Yaowu Yuan
Mar 8 Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications Ch 4 A8 Study Questions
Mar 10 The tree of life and inferring phylogenies Ch 4, 9.3 Q4 Study Questions
Mar 15 SPRING BREAK
Mar 17 SPRING BREAK
Mar 22 Molecular evolution I Ch 5.1, 9 A9 Study Questions
Mar 24 Molecular evolution II Ch 9 Study Questions
Mar 29 Genome evolution Ch 9 A10 Study Questions
Mar 31 The origin of life Web sources Q5 Study Questions
Apr 5 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I Ch 13, 14 A11 Study Questions
Apr 7 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II Ch 13, 14 Study Questions
Apr 12 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I Ch 10.5-10.11 A12 Study Questions
Apr 14 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II Ch 10.5-10.11 Q6 Study Questions
Apr 19 Species interactions and coevolution Ch 15 A13 Study Questions
Apr 21 Evolution of social behavior Ch 16.6-16.10 Study Questions
Apr 26 Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology Ch 18 A14 Study Questions
Apr 28 Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer Ch 18 Q7 Study Questions
TBD COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts) CHECK OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE FOR FINAL SCHEDULING
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